Danny the Champion of the World

Name: Danny the Champion of the World
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Released: April 29, 1989
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Cyril Cusack, Jean Marsh, Jeremy Irons, Jimmy Nail, John Woodvine

1989

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: April 29, 1989

Starring: Cyril Cusack, Jean Marsh, Jeremy Irons, Jimmy Nail, John Woodvine, Lionel Jeffries, Michael Hordern, Robbie Coltrane, Ronald Pickup, Samuel Irons

Summary: Somewhere in England in autumn 1955, widowed veteran William Smith and his son, Danny, live an idyllic life together. But their property happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer named Victor Hazell wants to buy. When he won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto them, they decide to getSomewhere in England in autumn 1955, widowed veteran William Smith and his son, Danny, live an idyllic life together. But their property happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer named Victor Hazell wants to buy. When he won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto them, they decide to get even with him and his pheasant-shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family tradition.… Expand

Director: Gavin Millar

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Family

Runtime: 99 min

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Shot in England, it's a gorgeous film with visuals that match the delicious story and a score that artfully carries along one heart-thumping scene after another. [09 Mar 1990]

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Family entertainment: cosy, intimate, a touch cloying. Read full review

Empire Kim Newman

Millar's warmth for literary influences continues to buoy his filmmaking, whilst a sturdy British cast and faultless period settings do Dahl proud. Read full review

The Independent Sheila Johnston

The cast - Michael Horden, Ronald Pickup, Cyril Cusack - is distinguished, and the film not without sluggish charm. [27 Jul 1989, p.15]

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